"The metal world is far different than it was just seven years ago. Agalloch was still a band, people still took Wintersun seriously, and this new beast called “metallic hardcore” was first rearing its HM2-powered head. Spearheaded by groups like Black Breath, Enabler, and (arguably) Nails, the style rejected the Gothenburg-inspired metalcore of the mid-00s by instead delivering a violent combination of frenetic metal riffing and pummeling hardcore fury. It was a sound that Massachusetts’s All Pigs Must Die embraced with open arms." Long story snort; they're back. [Give in to your anger...]

"If I were looking for a way to market Helpless, I would describe them as a combination of the brutal rage of Nails with the wild noise of Anaal Nathrakh - yet perhaps a more accurate description is simply "a grindier Gaza." Like them, Helpless’s lifeblood is dissonance." Noise as art. [Give in to your anger...]

"Last year's Nails record was as blunt as they come. It's rare that a band can generate enough hype — and then live up to it — that they can brazenly assert their superiority without being a laughingstock. But the trio did just that, leaving an open challenge to would-be peers in the title track of You Will Never be One of Us. When Moral Void heard the refrain, they thumbed their noses at the speakers. 'Fuck you, Todd Jones,' they said, 'yes we will.'" Join or die.[Give in to your anger...]

"India's Heathen Beast are a prolific, if obscure, bunch. Having formed in 2010, the trio pumped out an EP almost every year, detailing the atrocities committed by their local government, the nonstop pollution of their environment, and the violent hypocrisy of the various religions coexisting in India." Grind for India. [Give in to your anger...]

"Sunlight’s Bane describe their sound as 'grinding death and audio terror,' and they draw their influences from far and wide. Try your best to imagine what Anaal Nathrakh, Black Breath, and Nails would sound like if they were mashed up into one band and you ought to get a pretty good idea of what these guys are all about. The band’s stated aim, simply put, is to return the quality of aggression to heavy music, and listening to The Blackest Volume is like being hit square in the face with the flat side of a shovel; it is loud, unrelenting and violent." Sunlight can be bad for you.[Give in to your anger...]

"As you might have noticed and/or protested, I've recently had a ratings run of Steelian proportions. I know I should thank my lucky stars that most of my comrades would kill to fall ass-backward into this vat of high scores and tickled bemusement. But I’m a greedy bastard and I want more!" It's not a competition.[Give in to your anger...]

"It seems like all the greatest adventures begin with a phone call. This particular call came about a month ago. The gentleman on the line was one of my brothers. Brother Grier had called to inform me he had purchased tickets to Southwest Terror Fest in Tucson, Arizona. His plane ticket was purchased, the hotel reservation was set, and I had no choice but to join him (he had apparently bought me tickets too)."Tales of brotherhood, beers and grind.[Give in to your anger...]

"when I receive a promo for a band (in this case, Italy's Hierophant), and the one-sheet that accompanies their fourth album, Mass Graves, states rather emphatically, "No pink unicorns here," and they still don't supply us with a promo pic? Prepare for battle, son." Doom death in the Age of Pink.[Give in to your anger...]

"There's a lot of hype building up to You Will Never Be One of Us, the third full-length by Southern Californian powerviolence trio Nails. Known for being unrelenting in their seething anger, both 2010's Unsilent Death and 2013's cataclysmic Abandon All Life garnered the trio an army of loyal followers, and rightfully so. There's no fluff, no compromise, and no bullshit when it comes to their militaristic approach." Powerviolence is a real thing.[Give in to your anger...]

"I’ll be honest: as a reviewer, I often don’t care how original a band is. Give me a thousand groups like Nails, who take a well-tread style and play it damn well, over any wacky group that artificially cobbles together disparate influences in vain pursuit of originality. To me innovation is something that should result from a band playing the music they love and want to hear, not an end goal in itself. And that's exactly why I find Sektemtum’s sophomore LP Panacea so refreshing - not because it isn't original, but because it seems to achieve originality without really trying that hard." There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.[Give in to your anger...]